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If Donner shot 70% of his version of Superman II will Warner Brother fill the missing gaps (the 30%) with Lester Footage? I saw the fan made RIC DVD of "Superman II" I hope that all of that footage somehow ends up in some form on the DVD! In fact I would like all the footage that Donner and Lester had shot! I love thsat is what Sony did with Close Encounters. All the footage ever shown was on the DVD. If the footage you wanted to see wasn't in the "New Edition" it was put in the DVD EXTRA SECTION UNDER "DELETED FOOTAGE" I HOPE Warner Brothers does this with "Superman II"

Here's an update on the upcoming SE Superman discs... Courtesy of dvdtown.com

Warner Bros. will release a 14 DVD "Superman: Ultimate Collectors Edition" box close to the theatrical release of the new "Superman Returns" movie.

Details are still limited but the box will include a special cut of Superman II done by director Ricard Donner which was replaced late in the films original production. This new cut will include between 20% and 40% of new footage shown for the first time in this new box.

Also of interest the box will be released at the same time on the upcoming HD-DVD format.

You would be surprised what Anchor Bay's Limited Edition of "Supergirl" can get on Ebay. I sold mine for around $40 a year or so ago. But that film is so difficult to watch that I can only see picking it up as part of the Superman Anthology Warner is likely putting together.

floyd dylan wrote: You're not missing much. As for the worst dialogue, Superman I and II were written by Mario Puzo the same person who wrote The Godfather saga. Really??! Wow, I didn't notice that. I'll have to go back to my dvd's and check the credits again.

Tigerclaw wrote: Tony DeFrancisco wrote: I'll be picking all of these films up, and Supergirl included.

Why? Movies sucks! The dialogues are as worst than all Star Wars movies.I remember my mom putting on the four Superman films for me when I was three or four, and I loved them. I haven't seen Supergirl yet, so I'll check it out when the special edition is released.

I like to see a release of the Donner vision of superman 2 as I`ve read that Donner filmed quite a bit and it wouldn`t be to hard to put together.. This is one of Cinemas holy grails (Something not many people if anybody has seen)

Aaron Schneiderman wrote: ...the visual improvement on some older films will not be great enough to warrant a re-purchase.

That's the bit I'm debating. 35mm film is still double the resolution of high def, so even older films will benefit. I won't be touching either format for a long, long time though (if at all seeing as that holographic disc thing is looming).

Well, from what I have read on the Superman Homepage, this set will be spectacular and similar to the recently released Batman Anthology. I sold the Superman and the Supergirl DVDs on Ebay awhile back in anticipation of this release. Chris, I think what Floyd was trying to say is that it is unlikely that most people will have the HDMI inputs on their high def sets and that the visual improvement on some older films will not be great enough to warrant a re-purchase. The simple fact that there is going to be a format war over the next few years keeps me totally disinterested in upgrading any time soon if ever...

I'll probably get them all again if they make a decent job of things. Superman II really needs the SE treatment that the first film got, and I'd love to see the original cut of Superman IV just to see if they can actually improve upon the c**pfest that made it to theatres. A decent 5.1 track like the one found on Superman: The Movie wouldn't go amiss for any of them. The Dolby Surround on Superman II is a real let-down after the amazing remix on the original movie.

Supergirl - I will stick with my Limited Edition 2 discer. Superman - I will also stick with my 2 disc extended edition. The only one I might get may be superman 2 due to the Donner cut that may be included. The others are not really worth mentioning. One reason of getting this release of Superman 2 is that when it does hit HD disc, will there be an issue with rights and will it have the extra material by the time it finally comes round? You never know...

These types of films especially from the 70s and 80s won't benefit from Hi Def they'll still be the same transfer as the recent or soon to be released special edition DVDs, it'll only be people like Lucas who'll spend a lot of their time and their own money on films like Star Wars that will benefit.

It’s only the brand new releases that you will see the difference.

Also it's pointless getting a hard on because presumably you don't have a proper HD TV with the proper HD cables, so what you'll be watching is the same bog standard signal that your normal DVD plays.

How many times and in different ways does this need explaining to you!!!

Don't you wanna wait for the High Def DVD? Of course then you have to wait for the High Def special edition. After enjoying that release, then your be especially pleased with the High Def extended version with additional footage never before seen. Then comes the Trilogy on High Def!! High Anxiety! I need to take my pills...

Superman and Superman II were shot back to back then so I was quite surprise that only Superman:The Movie received special treatment and not Superman II. I only picked up the special edition of Superman:The Movie so I will pick up Superman II now that it has received special treatment. Hope it will be something along the release of the Batman movies last year both in boxset or individual releases.

It tells you that all the Superman movies and Supergirl are getting Special Edition treatments, hopefully new Dolby Digital sound as well. Previously, Superman 2 to 4 are bare bones and mono stereo! Now we can look forward to new transfers! Not to mention The Director's Cut Of Superman II!!!!